{"id":51203,"date":"2017-05-26T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ekol.com\/?p=51203\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T16:08:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:08:03","slug":"ekols-volunteers-day-project-wins-golden-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.ekol.com\/en\/ekols-volunteers-day-project-wins-golden-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekol&#8217;s Volunteers Day Project Wins Golden Compass"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=&#8221;h1&#8243; size=&#8221;26&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221; el_class=&#8221;ucgen ucgenbasinbulteni&#8221;]Ekol&#8217;s Volunteers Day Project Wins Golden Compass[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text disable_pattern=&#8221;false&#8221;]One of Europe&#8217;s leading logistics providers, Ekol won the <strong>Golden Compass Award<\/strong> for its Volunteers Day project. Ekol Volunteers Day, which involved Ekol volunteers in 14 countries working on 40 projects, won a Golden Compass in the <strong>International Project\/Campaign<\/strong> category at the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Golden Compass Awards hosted by the Turkish Public Relations Association (TUHID). [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.ekol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/altin-pusula-ekol.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;true&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern=&#8221;false&#8221;]In January 2016, taking inspiration from the International Volunteer Day, celebrated every December 5, Ekol updated its corporate social responsibility policy by aligning it with the principle of positively contributing to society&#8217;s future. More than 6,500 or 70 percent of Ekol employees from 14 countries came together for the Ekol Volunteers Day. The project reached nearly 5 million people in just two months. With a particular focus on sustainability, Ekol volunteers implemented projects in Education, School and Child; Individuals in Need; Refugees and Orphans; Health; the Environment; Sports; Stray Animals and Animal Shelters.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing Ekol&#8217;s pride in winning the Golden Compass, one of the most prestigious awards in the Turkish communications industry, in the first year of the Volunteer Day project, Ekol Corporate Communications Director Arzu Tan said that in addition to providing financial support, Ekol aims to raise awareness of social solidarity and volunteering among its employees around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>With the belief that those whose lives we touch will in turn touch the lives of others, Tan said,[\/vc_column_text][mk_blockquote font_family=&#8221;none&#8221;]We believe that this will have a domino effect and that we can positively contribute to the lives of people and societies in countries that we operate.[\/mk_blockquote][vc_column_text disable_pattern=&#8221;false&#8221;]Adding that Ekol is a powerful, multinational company with facilities in 15 countries, with the launch of Ekol Slovakia in early 2017, Tan continued, [\/vc_column_text][mk_blockquote font_family=&#8221;none&#8221;]We all come from different cultures and speak disparate languages. Each of these countries and regions has distinct needs, and by taking responsibility to help meet such needs, we lead by example. We aim to touch people in every corner of the world through a united Ekol spirit.[\/mk_blockquote][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=&#8221;h1&#8243; size=&#8221;26&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221; el_class=&#8221;ucgen ucgenbasinbulteni&#8221;]Ekol&#8217;s Volunteers Day Project Wins Golden Compass[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text disable_pattern=&#8221;false&#8221;]One of Europe&#8217;s leading logistics providers, Ekol won the Golden Compass Award for its Volunteers Day project. Ekol Volunteers Day, which involved Ekol volunteers in 14 countries working on 40 projects, won a Golden Compass in the International Project\/Campaign category at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":51204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ekol&#039;s Volunteers Day Project Wins Golden Compass<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ekol Logistics won the Golden Compass Award for its Volunteers Day project in the International Project\/Campaign category.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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